George Grills from Cornell University will be the organizer of the ABRF 2009 annual meeting. Grills has participated as a member and chair of various ABRF research groups, including the DNA Sequencing Research Group (DSRG), the Fragment Analysis Research Group (FARG) and the Microarray Research Group (MARG). He is currently a member of the ABRF Membership Committee and the Corporate Relations Committee (CRC). He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomolecular Techniques (JBT).

Grills is the Director of Operations of Core Facilities in the Life Sciences and Director of Advanced Technology Assessment at Cornell University. He is responsible for the operations of the Cornell University Life Sciences Core Laboratories Center (CLC) and for evaluating, implementing, and optimizing newly emerging technologies as shared research resources. The Center includes core facilities for DNA sequencing, genotyping, DNA and protein microarrays, proteomics and mass spectrometry, protein production and characterization, microscopy and optical imaging, animal transgenic production, information technology, and bioinformatics. Prior to coming to Cornell two years ago, Grills was the Director of DNA Sequencing, Director of Protein Microarrays, and Co-Director of DNA Microarrays at the Harvard Medical School-Partners Healthcare Center for Genetics and Genomics. Grills has participated in organizing the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting, the International Genomics Conference, and the Northeast Regional Life Sciences Core Directors (NERLSCD) Meeting.

Contact information:

George S. Grills
Director of Operations of Core Facilities in the Life Sciences
Director of Advanced Technology Assessment
Life Sciences Core Laboratories Center
Cornell University
139 Biotechnology Bldg.
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel: (607) 255-9693
E-mail: gsg34@cornell.edu